The conference announcement/call for papers below may be of interest.
 
Kind regards
 
Glenn

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From: Academics and researchers working in all areas of tourism on behalf of
D Picard
Sent: Tue 10/01/2006 13:35
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Subject: CFP Tourism and Religious Festivity



Dear list-members,

(please reply to to Daniela Carl at [log in to unmask])

This is a call for papers for JOURNEYS OF EXPRESSIONS
V: TOURISM AND THE ROOTS/ROUTES OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVITY
which will take place in Belfast, Northern Ireland,
from 13th to 15th March 2006. I would be happy if you
could circulate this among interested colleagues and
promising PhD students.

With best regards
David Picard
on behalf of the CTCC, Sheffield Hallam, UK

Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
Journeys of Expressions V: Tourism and the
Roots/Routes of Religious Festivity
Belfast, Northern-Ireland, 13-15 March 2006

In this, the fifth of our continuing conference series
exploring the multi-faceted relationships between
tourism and festivals, Journeys of Expression aims to
discuss touristic practices in relation to forms of
traditional and contemporary religious festivity.  The
conference seeks to examine the meanings and roots of
religious festivity within the context of tourism and
related studies, the ways by which tourists arrive at,
and consume religious festivity, and the ways in which
touristic practice encounters, and in some instances
shapes, the religious. In a world apparently
struggling with the boundaries of 'the religious', we
are interested in the social practice of tourism, as a
spatial displacement of the human body creating, a
priori, a liminal space for mental and physical
recreation. Situating this approach within the field
of tourism, we hope, permits to analyse important
shifts and transformations of traditional liturgical
practices, manifested in particular by the veneration
of new, now touristic forms of 'sacred' objects,
spaces and elements ('nature', 'culture', 'art',
'sun', 'water', etc.). Within the contemporary
transnationalised world how do we make sense of the
religious - its symbolic expression, its
politicisation etc. - through both festivity and
tourism? How do festivals mobilise religious symbols
to tell stories and make visible particular
representations of the self? What are the festive
roles attributed to, or taken by tourists and how are
these integrated with forms of festive exchange and
ritual? And, how can a better understanding of
tourism-festival relationships shape agendas for
'intercultural dialogue' and peace as articulated by
international organisations such as UNESCO.

Indicative themes of the conference include:

 - Defining Religious Festivity: Genesis, Genealogy
and Displacement
- Tourism, Pilgrimage and Travel Liturgies: Variations
and Continuity of the 'Sacred Journey' in the
Contemporary World
- Tourism and Transnational Festival Spaces: Festive
Ostentation, Sacrifice, Transgression and Exchange in
the Contemporary World
- Festive Economics / Politics of Making Visible:
Religious Symbols, Discourse and the Formulation of
Social Spaces / Boundaries in the Contemporary World
- Material Diasporas: Tourism Souvenirs and Meanings
- Tourism, Intersubjective Encounters and Power
Relations in Religious Festivals
- The Continuity / End of War and Conflict: From
Paradigms of Clash to Paradigms of Peace?

The conference is designed to be a discussion led
small scale event hosting approximately 50
international delegates. In the tradition of the
Journeys of Expression series, we wish to animate an
interdisciplinary debate on the suggested themes and
welcome paper proposals from academics from various
disciplinary backgrounds including: tourism studies,
anthropology, cultural studies, cultural geography,
religious studies, theology, philosophy, performance
studies, cultural economics, politics, etc. If you
wish to submit a paper proposal, please send a
300-word abstract with full address and institutional
affiliation details as an electronic file to Daniela
Carl ([log in to unmask]). We will start reviewing
abstracts on 10th January 2006 and accept late
abstract till the end of January. Please find
regularly updated information regarding this
conference, registration procedures and (at a later
stage) a programme at our website
www.tourism-culture.com. 

Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change
Sheffield Hallam University
Howard Street - Owen Building
Sheffield S1 1WB
United Kingdom
www.tourism-culture.com




               
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